Inclusive Public Policies: access of deaf students to higher education

This paper intends to discuss the enrollment of deaf students in higher education, with focus on the limits and progress of recent public policies of access. A questionnaire was used to interview deaf students from a public high school from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The study demonstrates tha...

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Main Author:	Leila Santos Mesquita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2018-03-01
Series:	Educação & Realidade
Subjects:	Inclusive Public Policies Deaf Education Higher Education
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-62362018000100255&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt

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spelling	doaj-f23cd2ecf0194ceca46a4343d5e96e702020-11-24T23:30:38ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulEducação & Realidade0100-31432175-62362018-03-0143125527310.1590/2175-623663861 Inclusive Public Policies: access of deaf students to higher educationLeila Santos Mesquita0Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife/PE - BrasilThis paper intends to discuss the enrollment of deaf students in higher education, with focus on the limits and progress of recent public policies of access. A questionnaire was used to interview deaf students from a public high school from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The study demonstrates that the non-recognition of sign language as first language and the lack of appropriation of Portuguese language by deaf people are barriers to the access of deaf students to higher education. In face of it, bilingual teaching emerges as a way to increase enrollment.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-62362018000100255&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=ptInclusive Public PoliciesDeaf EducationHigher Education
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title	Inclusive Public Policies: access of deaf students to higher education
title_short	Inclusive Public Policies: access of deaf students to higher education
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publisher	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
series	Educação & Realidade
issn	0100-3143 2175-6236
publishDate	2018-03-01
description	This paper intends to discuss the enrollment of deaf students in higher education, with focus on the limits and progress of recent public policies of access. A questionnaire was used to interview deaf students from a public high school from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The study demonstrates that the non-recognition of sign language as first language and the lack of appropriation of Portuguese language by deaf people are barriers to the access of deaf students to higher education. In face of it, bilingual teaching emerges as a way to increase enrollment.
topic	Inclusive Public Policies Deaf Education Higher Education
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Inclusive Public Policies: access of deaf students to higher education

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